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The BHF encourages the nation to keep cycling through the winter months with MyCycle, their new virtual cycling challenge.

Brits are eating the same amount of salt each week as are in 155 packets of crisps, our new analysis reveals. We're calling for urgent Government action to reduce the amount of salt in our food.

Some people with Marfan syndrome have weak blood vessels which are at risk of bursting. This can be fatal. We’ve been funding research to stop this.

Atrial fibrillation through the eyes of Professor Barbara Casadei and Mike Munson

We have joined a major new campaign, Recipe for Change, which is calling for the UK Government to implement an industry-wide levy on salt and sugar to help make our food healthier.

Our new Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Professor Bryan Williams has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to medicine.

One in four (25 per cent) people in the UK own no preloved items in their wardrobe, according to our new survey. We are urging the nation to join Reuse Revolution by shopping and donating preloved this spring. Our survey of over 4,600 people, conducted by Censuswide, found that while clothes are the nation’s favourite item to buy preloved, one quarter (25 per cent) of the nation’s wardrobes don’t contain any second-hand pieces.

For the first time, in a study part-funded by us, researchers have identified specific regions of the brain that are damaged by high blood pressure and may contribute to a decline in mental processes and the development of dementia.

We have seen a boom in younger volunteers since the pandemic ended – as new research suggests Generation Z (people aged 16-24) are more likely to want to help out than any other age group.

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